Joey Cappelletti

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  • FILE – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Federal Reserve, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Economy

    Republican lawmakers close ranks around Powell, who spent years building ties in Congress. ‘He gets in there, pets the dog, shoots the breeze’

    By Joey Cappelletti, Christopher Rugaber, and others
  • machadoPolitics

    Venezuela’s opposition leader says she gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

    By Will Weissert, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • JohnsonPolitics

    Republican leaders powerless to stop a January vote on healthcare after moderates defect on ACA subsidies

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • ScalisePolitics

    Congress flatlines in attempt to regulate college sports with bill ‘not ready for prime time’

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    ‘There’s this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about, affordability’: Trump keeps dismissing cost of living as his party struggles to hold seats

    By Meg Kinnard, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • Republican congressional candidate Matt Van Epps casts his ballot at an early voting site in the special election for the seventh district, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Politics

    This special election in a deep-red district sets up another big test for Trump — ‘I’m very concerned that we could be caught with our pants down’

    By Jonathan Mattise, Leah Askarinam, and others
  • CongressPolitics

    ‘Watching this actually turn into a fight has ripped MAGA apart’: The full Epstein files may never be released despite congressional vote

    By Joey Cappelletti, Stephen Groves, and others
  • JB PritzkerPolitics

    Illinois governor warns of ‘devastating’ Trump-Epstein impact: ‘he’s going to do everything in his power to distract’

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • TrumpPolitics

    Trump makes it official: Historic 43-day government shutdown is over

    By Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • US Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, speaks with reporters as he arrives for Senate votes to reopen the government on day 41 of the government shutdown at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025.Politics

    Swing-state Democrats turn on 8 centrists not facing reelection over hijacked shutdown

    By Bill Barrow, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • Former President Biden.Politics

    Republicans unveil report advancing contested claims suggesting White House officials enacted policies without former President Biden’s knowledge

    By Matt Brown, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • Senior woman has financial problems. Counting money, monthly pension, don’t have enough money for paying bills.Politics

    MAGA voters are losing patience with the GOP’s ‘concepts of a plan’ on health care as premiums soar

    By Joey Cappelletti, Ali Swenson, and others
  • FILE – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks with former television journalist Gretchen Carlson, not shown, at an event on April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Economy

    Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer privately warns Trump that tariffs could cause severe economic damage in key swing state

    By Joey Cappelletti, Josh Boak, and others
  • House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, a longtime supporter of cryptocurrency, joined at right by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., discusses legislation in the week ahead that could impact the industry, during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Economy

    Trump gathers 11 GOP rebels in Oval Office to save ‘crypto week’ and GENIUS Act

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks behind his security detail through a crowd of reporters as he tries to push President Donald Trump’s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line even as conservative and moderate GOP holdouts slow that effort, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    House GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far-right push back in late-night session

    By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others